[K3PZN-List] H.R. 607

[Bill Stevenson]

Good Point Curt.  The letter on the ARRL site explains the successful
"sharing" of this band between military and amateur applications.  It was
believed that the spectrum previously used by analog TV was going to be
"auctioned off", but now that allocation is going to be used for public
safety, which is great.  So to offset the loss of revenue,  the 440 auction
has been proposed in HR 607.

73
Bill

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Curt Milton <wb8yyy at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Bill
>
> Thanks for the alert.  What's even more puzzling is that amateur radio does
> not
> 'own' this spectrum.  Let me explain -- we are a secondary user of this
> spectrum.  The primary user is radar, used for national defense.  The
> Hawkeye
> E2C (or E2D) protects Navy battlegroups from the air.  Moreso, the large
> land
> based missile defense radars also use this band.  Not long ago there were
> reported interference issues between amateur 440 repeaters and these radars
> in
> New England and California, that were resolved with a requirement for lower
> transmit power from the repeaters in these regions (it was a good cause!).
>
>
> What this all conveys is that some in congress do not understand frequency
> allocations and how they are used for vital functions.  Do patiently
> explain to
> our representative(s) that this spectrum is primarily critical to military
> national defense, and secondarily to civil well-being in emergency
> communication
> performed by amateurs.  Our civilization can't give in to only considering
> money
> interests for spectrum, but of course these factors are beneficial to those
> of
> us that use cell phones and the like.
>
>
> 73 Curt
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Bill Stevenson <wrstevenson2 at gmail.com>
> To: K3PZN-List at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Wed, March 9, 2011 7:45:21 PM
> Subject: [K3PZN-List] H.R. 607
>
> Hi All,
>  I never talk politics among friends,  but we all need to be concerned
> about this one.  If you havent already, I encourage you to go to the ARRL
> Homepage and at the top there is a link that says Oppose HR 607.  Bottom
> line,  there is a bill in the U.S House of Reps that would auction off our
> spectrum on 70cm 420-440 Mhz.  Please read the bill on the ARRL website.
> The ARRL website tells you how to contact your congressman and even
> provides
> a letter ready for you to send.  Not a 440 guy? dont care?  Think of it
> this
> way,  if we let this one go,  who knows,  2 meter could be next.  Just a
> thought.  Ok,  off my soapbox.
>
>
> 73
> Bill W2EGL
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